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Japanese Man Marries Video Game Girlfriend

But the wedding's probably not legally binding

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2009 1:33 PM CST

(Newser) – A Japanese man pledged his undying love to a video game character last weekend, in a first-of-its-kind ceremony witnessed by dozens of gamers. The man, username Sal9000, had fallen in love with Nene Anegasaki, a virtual woman in the Nintendo DS dating simulator “Love Plus.” He “married” his digital before a real-life priest, though the priest stressed the marriage wasn’t legally binding. Some gaming websites, however, say Sal9000 earlier took Anegasaki to a chapel in Guam, where marriage laws are looser.

Meet Nene Anegasaki, who's just made some lonely Japanese guy very happy.
Meet Nene Anegasaki, who's just made some lonely Japanese guy very happy.   (Love Plus)
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COMMENTS
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GeminiMishy
Nov 30, 2009 8:34 AM CST
Oh well. I would rather have a creep married to an anime character than a creep beating off to kiddie porn living next door any day.
JChron
Nov 28, 2009 6:40 AM CST
Hell, I'd do her
hubydane
Nov 28, 2009 6:02 AM CST
I can see it now; a perverted Japanese man typing away on his keyboard, his anime girlfriend stripping with his every keystroke.

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